Office of Operations
21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies
SAFETEA-LU

SAFETEA-LU System Management and Operations Provisions

Slide 1

SAFETEA-LU System Management and Operations Provisions
September 14, 2005

Jeff Lindley
Director of the Office of Transportation Management
Office of Operations
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

Slide 2

Agenda - SAFETEA-LU

  • Overview
  • System Management and Operations Related Provisions
    • Congestion Mitigation
    • ITS
    • Freight

Slide 3

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)

Slide 4

August 10, 2005
The President signed into law the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) on August 10, 2005 in Aurora, Illinois.

Landmark Legislation

  • Make driving safer
  • Fight congestion
  • Enhance economic productivity
  • Protect the environment

Slide 5

Key SAFETEA-LU Provisions

  • Establishes new core highway safety improvement program.
  • Sets rate of return: 90.5% → 92%.
  • Increases road pricing and financing.
  • Expands investment in and inclusion of freight.
  • Advances environmental streamlining.
  • Examines future of surface transportation system.

Slide 6

Congestion is Getting Worse

Slide 7

Key Congestion Mitigation Elements

  • Congestion Management
  • Real Time Information
  • ITS

Slide 8

Congestion Management

  • Funding
    • National Highway Specifications (NHS), Surface Transportation Program (STP) Funding
    • Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Funding and Eligibility
    • Highways for Life
    • High Priority Projects

Slide 9

Congestion Management

  • Tolling
    • Continues Value Pricing Program
      • $59 million in new funding, including $12 million for projects not involving tolls
      • 15 States (14 existing)
    • New Express Lanes Demonstration Projects
      • Focused on managing congestion
      • No separate funds
      • 15 projects
      • 80% Federal share
      • Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish interoperability requirement for automatic toll collection

Slide 10

Congestion Management

  • High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Facilities
    • States permitted to create high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.
    • States can permit low emission/energy efficient vehicles to use HOV lanes.
    • Low emission/energy efficient vehicles may be tolled (not at full rate).
    • Performance monitoring required.
    • High level of service must continue to be provided.

Slide 11

Congestion Management

  • Research
    • Surface Transportation Congestion Relief Solutions
      • $36 million over 4 years for research
      • $3 million over 4 years for training and technical assistance
      • Focus on:
        • Congestion measurement and reporting
        • Effective congestion relief strategies
    • Future Strategic Highway Research Program
      • $205 million over 4 years for research
      • Managed by National Academy of Sciences
      • Four focus areas, including:
        • Improving reliability

Slide 12

Real-Time Information

  • Real-Time Systems Management Information Program
    • Establish capability in all States to provide real time:
      • Monitoring of traffic conditions
      • Sharing of information
    • Purpose - ease congestion, improve response to severe weather, accidents, and other incidents; and enhanced security
    • Eligible for funding under NHS, STP, and CMAQ
  • 511 Deployment Goal (full deployment by 2010)

Slide 13

Real-Time Information

  • Transportation Technology Innovative Demonstration Program
    • Extension of Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Program established by TEA-21.
    • Twenty-two new eligible cities.
    • Existing contract with Mobility Technologies will be completed.
    • Must create and compete new program to use uncommitted and any new appropriated funds.
    • Solicitation of interest in program to be released around October 1.

Slide 14

ITS

  • Funding
    • Mainstreamed throughout Federal-aid program
    • Eligible under NHS, STP, and CMAQ
    • Categorical NEPA exclusion
    • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Deployment funds in 2005 only
    • Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) deployment
    • Focus of many high priority projects

Slide 15

ITS

  • High Priority Projects (examples)
    • ITS Expansion - PA Turnpike - $6.5 million
    • ITS Enhancement - Greensboro, NC - $10 million
    • ITS Implementation - Baltimore, MD - $1.1 million
    • ITS Implementation - Lafayette, LA - $8.8 million
    • ITS Statewide - Nebraska - $1.0 million

And lots more ITS, signal system, traffic flow, freight management..

Slide 16

ITS

  • Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)
    • $100 million over 4 years
    • 50/50 match required (80% Federal maximum)
      • Core Deployment
        • $2.5 million per State for:
          • Safety information exchange
          • Interstate credentials
          • Electronic screening
      • Expanded Deployment
        • $1.0 million per State for:
          • Safety
          • Productivity
          • security

Slide 17

ITS

  • Research and Development
    • Program reauthorized and expanded
    • $440 million over 4 years
      • Road weather - $20 million
      • I-95 Corridor - $28 million
      • Rural and Interstate Corridor Communications Study - $3 million
    • New advisory committee required
    • New program plan required
    • Legislation silent on ITS Joint Program Office (JPO)

Slide 18

Freight

  • Congestion impedes freight movements and threatens economic growth.
  • Freight movement affects each of us.
    • Economic growth → Jobs → Improved Standard of Living
  • Between 1980 - 2002, truck travel grew by 90 percent on US highways.

Slide 19

Key Freight Elements

  • Freight Programs
  • Freight-related Programs
  • Freight Financing
  • Research and Education

Slide 20

Freight Programs

  • Intermodal Distribution Pilot Grants (1306)
    • Provides funding to address infrastructure and freight distribution needs at inland ports and intermodal freight facilities
    • $30 million all earmarked
  • Truck Parking Facilities (1305)
    • Pilot program to address commercial motor vehicle (CMV) long-term parking shortage on NHS
    • Includes construction of new facilities, modifying existing facilities, ITS
    • $25 million discretionary funds

Slide 21

Freight Programs

  • National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Program (1302)
    • Funds construction of highway projects in corridors of national significance
    • Focus on international and interregional trade
    • $1.9 billion all earmarked

Slide 22

Freight-related Programs

  • Projects of National and Regional Significance (1301)
    • Provides grants to States for projects that will generate benefits at the national or regional level
    • $1.8 billion all earmarked
    • Both passenger and freight
    • Benefits
      • Improved economic productivity
      • More efficient international trade
      • Congestion relief
      • Improved safety

Slide 23

Freight-Related Programs

  • Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program (1303)
    • Includes passenger and freight travel
    • $833 million formula program
  • Transportation improvements (1934)
  • High priority projects (1701)

Slide 24

Freight Financing

  • Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) (1601)
  • Tax-exempt Financing of Highway Projects and Rail Truck Transfer Facilities (Private Activity Bonds) (11-1143)
  • Capital Grants for Rail Line Relocation Projects (9002)
  • Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (9003)

Slide 25

Freight Research and Training

  • National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research Program (5209)
    • $15 million over 4 years
    • Administered by the National Academy of Sciences
    • Broad advisory committee
    • Broad research agenda
  • Freight Planning Capacity Building Program (5204h)
    • $3.5 million over 4 years
    • Goals:
      • Target investments
      • Strengthen decisionmaking capacity

Slide 26

Implications of SAFETEA-LU on Management and Operations

  • More $
  • Increases focus on congestion relief
  • Creates opportunities
    • Managed lanes
    • Real-time information
    • Interoperability
  • Maintains strong ITS R&D program
  • Significantly expands attention to freight needs
  • Funds congestion-related Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T); but not day-to-day operations RD&T (e.g., Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD))

Slide 27

Implications of SAFETEA-LU for ITS

  • More $
  • Mainstreams ITS Deployment
  • Supports CVISN Deployment
  • Maintains strong ITS Research & Development (R&D) Program
  • Increases focus on congestion relief
  • Creates opportunities
    • Managed lanes
    • Real-time information
    • Interoperability
  • Funds congestion-related RD&T
  • Allows move of ITS-JPO to Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

Slide 28

For More Information



Office of Operations